Effect of chymosin action on the hydrodynamic diameter of casein micelles.
Quasi-elastic light scattering shows an initial decrease of about 5 nm in the hydrodynamic radius of casein micelles after adding chymosin, assuming the decrease to be equal for all micelles. This is consistent with the hypothesis that casein micelles have a hairy outer layer that is partly made up of the caseino-macropeptide part of kappa casein.
D002364:Caseins; D012085:Chymosin / Q000378:metabolism*; D003102:Colloids; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D008823:Micelles; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
D002364:Caseins; D003102:Colloids; D008823:Micelles; D012085:Chymosin